Apologies for the late reply and thanks for the information, I am slowly putting a route together, the Hulegoat area is great and the Monts D'Aree will feature on the loop, I am going to look at gpx tracks from Gravel tro Breizeh for help and inspiration.

Just throwing it out there, I am looking to get back onto fatter tyres and I finally have a leave pass from the home office (wife) I was looking at the Sonder Frontier but I see they have updated it and are accepting pre orders, I have not seen any information regarding the rigid fork but it has gon...

Brilliant news, remind him to update the Rohloff registration, so many people forget :)

I am glad it sold, I work at Thorn so it is always nice to see one :)

A beautiful bike, I wish it was in my size as I would love one of these but sadly we no longer make them, if you have not already done it you might want to post this in the Thorn forums http://www.thorncyclesforum.co.uk/ as there are collectors out there.

I actually managed two outings last month, the second was a stag bivvy and while not a pure bivvy night it was good to get out and try out some new kit. I am going to do a review later this week of the Appkit Soloist tent, I hope you enjoy.

https://slowlycycling.wordpress.com/201 ... tent-life/

SeannyD wrote: ↑Sun May 12, 2019 8:07 am Hi Loki, I’m thinking of getting one of these, would you mind dropping your thoughts about it once you’ve tried it out?

I have had it partially up in the garden already, it feels light....very light, I am off out on the 25th i will post up my findings.

Lovely write up thanks for sharing, I am certainly adding it to my bucket list.

Fresh in from Alpkit, a Soloist tent.

IMG_20190511_124603 by Simon Kirk, on Flickr

I don't particularly suffer from anxiety (unlike my partner who has at times) but bikepacking, or more accurately, preparing for bikepacking does tend to bring it out of me - have I got everything I need? Will I be too cold? What if it rains? Will I get eaten by bears? Will I get mugged? Will I mis...

The bags are Ortleib Roller Classic 20L bags, I am going to look into the idea of swapping to 4 12.5l pannier bags, probably Ortleib Sport roller plus, I like having the extra space for a change of clothes,or bringing along extra food/camera.

I am finally on the scoreboard for 2019 with a quick night out on Saturday, a bit fresh first thing but a great clear night with lots of stars, I have a second planned for the last weekend of the month as well. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47777463741_654a1910b5_z.jpg IMG_20190504_204608 by S...

I am off to a very late start this year, illness and being a lame ass are to blame. This trip was good and a change of mind set has come from it, I am off again at the end of the month but I am going to be making some changes to my kit, stepping away from a light weight low drag set up to something ...

A great read as ever, I would need to block out a week in my diary to "everest" well done though.

Thanks both, I am currently running Woodchippers but as much as I like drops I am an old mountain biker at heart and I keep wanting flat bars, I think a bivvy night to help me decide

Ideal, I am thinking about doing the route later this year.

Are there any other Vagabond owners in the house, I was wondering how you have yours set up? The reason I ask is that I am considering changing the drops for a flat bar, possibly a loop bar using deore brakes/shifters or staying drops and changing to TRP Hylex brakes. Thanks in advance

Simon.

A day late, finally some progress. I have changed my eating habits and finally some movement, I just need to get out on the bike more.

16/03/19 133kg

I won't be doing a weigh in next week as I am away trying not to eat too many cream tea's.

Cheering them on too, sadly I have to work today.

redefined_cycles wrote:Right then... after exploring my funds which are steuggling ti stretch.... will just have to take the 2 xtra8L bags... £20 paypal coming through

Cool I will bag them up and send them to the same address as the last bits.

Is that tarp the one that is pitched using the bikes wheel at one end and frame on other... if so and its not uber heavy then I shall take please sir... ta... dibs on the airlok xtra 8L bags too. What colour is tarp?? Your can do yes I have an 800mm pole that I got from Stu here that i used in addi...

Having a clear out to make space in the man cave. Alpkit bicycle 3.5 tarp in chilli red, good condition only used a few times £30 Tiagra 2 x 10 groupset unboxed but new, bought for a project I abandoned 11-34 cassette 50-34 chainset and 170mm cranks, long cage rear mech and a band on front mech £180...

I have the 10 speed ones on my Vagabond, not the first time I have used them, I find them more reliable than Brifters

A brilliant blog, thanks for sharing, another I will have to power read through in my lunch breaks.

vaguely exciting thanks for letting me know, I look forward to hearing about the adventures they go on.